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E. Horton. An analysis of the rainfall over 

 the Adirondack plateau, based on the records 

 of twenty-five stations, reduced to the uniform 

 period 1901-5. A map with 1,000-foot con- 

 tours, the principal watershed lines and iso- 

 hyetals is given, as is a profile along lat. 

 43°30' K"., extending eastward from Lake On- 

 tario on a line running a few miles south of 

 North Lake. There is evident a rapid in- 

 crease of rainfall with altitude on the south- 

 west slope; then a rapid decrease as the alti- 

 tude increases proceeding northeast. The 

 maximum rainfall is shown enclosed by the 

 isohyetal line of 55 inches. 



"The Climate of Kansas," a copy of the 

 stenographic report of a hearing before the 

 Committee on Agriculture of the House of 

 Eepresentatives on January 8, 1907, at which 

 the Chief of the Weather Bureau testified, 

 together with a supplementary note prepared 

 by Professor Moore in order to counteract cer- 

 tain erroneous statements which found their 

 way into the papers in regard to his testimony. 

 The purpose of the testimony and of the sup- 

 plementary statement is to show that there 

 has been no permanent change in the climate 

 of the central portion of the Great Plains since 

 Weather Bureau records have been kept. 



" The Climate of Yukon Territory," by E. 

 P. Stupart, director of the Meteorological 

 Service of Canada. A study of all available 

 Records. 



"Problems in Meteorology," by C. P. von 

 Herrmann and Professor Cleveland Abbe; 

 continuation of a paper begun in the Decem- 

 ber, 1906, number of the Review. 



"The Growth of Fog in Unsaturated Air," 

 by Prank W. Proctor. 



" Notes of a Meteorologist in Europe," by 

 Professor A. J. Cox, who has recently visited 

 the chief meteorological centers of Europe. 



" Meteorological Work at Camp Wellman, 

 Dane's Island, Spitzbergen," gives the results 

 of meteorological observations made by H. B. 

 Hersey, of the U. S. Weather Bureau, who 

 accompanied the Wellman expedition as me- 

 teorological observer. The period covered is 

 June 26 to August 31, 1906. 



" A Climatic Sketch of Tacoma, Wash.," by 



E. B. Gittings, Jr. " The object of this sketch 

 is to present in popular form as complete a 

 description of the climate of this station as is 

 possible without the introduction of extensive 

 tabular compilations of data." 



" Snow Eollers at Canton, N. Y.," by M. L. 

 Puller. An illustrated account of some well- 

 developed snow rollers formed on February 

 19, 1907. 



" Long-Eange Seasonal Forecasts for South 

 Africa," by Professor Abbe; a review of re- 

 cent investigations by Mr. D. E. Hutchins, 

 conservator of forests for South Africa. Sun- 

 spots have nothing to do with the variations 

 of rainfall, but Mr. Hutchins has shown that 

 there are certain correlations between the rain- 

 fall on the east and on the west, so that when 

 one goes up the other goes down. 



" Panama Eainfall," by Professor E. B. 

 Garriott; a general description of the rainfall 

 conditions and amounts, which brings clearly 

 to view the controls, average amounts and the 

 relation to the canal construction. 



" Fog on the Newfoundland Banks," by C. 

 T. Brodrick; a bibliographic study of these 

 important fogs, and of the different methods 

 of charting them. 



We are glad to note the publication of an 

 excellent index to Vol. XX5IV (1906) of 

 the Monthly Weather Review. We have, on 

 previous occasions, called attention to the fact 

 that the index of the Review has in the past 

 been very unsatisfactory. 



BUCHAN 



To the names of von Bezold, Paulsen and 

 Eussell, whose work for meteorology has re- 

 cently been brought to a close by death, we 

 must now add the name of Buchan. Alex- 

 ander Buehan (1829-1907) began his real ac- 

 tivities in meteorology in 1860, when called 

 to Edinburgh to be secretary of the Scottish 

 Meteorological Society, in which position he 

 did most effective work of a pioneer kind in 

 organizing, collecting and publishing meteor- 

 ological observations. He published his 

 " Handy Book of Meteorology " in 1867 (sec- 

 ond edition, 1868), and his "Introductory 

 Text Book of Meteorology " in 1871. Buchan 



